🇺🇸 Discussion: The DEMOCRATIC P - Part 3

[Schlosser85]

Wow. At least they were quick to distance themselves from him unlike some other party with a person or two with a history of even more inappropriate behavior.

But.....but......two sides of the same coin, or something.

 

[Lily Adler]

Vote Romanoff and get Hickenlooper out of Colorado.

 

[Lily Adler]

So this is happening.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

They're wasting all that money to inadvertently make her instantly more appealing.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

There is a not too inconsiderate amount of the Republican base that isn't too happy with Wall Street and financial institutions across the board.

I don't get how her being on record as someone looking for accountability and to reign in those moneyed interests should be a bad thing voters know about her?


I say this, as always, as a New Yorker that isn't necessarily her biggest fan.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CBS News - It's the poorest and bluest congressional district in America. An anti-gay, pro-Trump Democrat is leading

The bluest congressional district in the U.S. is located in the Bronx in New York City, bordering famous liberal Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasico-Cortez’s district. But among the 12 contenders vying for the open congressional seat, one of the top contenders is a conservative Democrat Reverend Rubén Díaz Sr., a polarizing city councilman with a history of endorsing Republicans and making homophobic comments.

Diaz Sr. is known for wearing a cowboy hat and courting controversy. He resisted calls to resign last year after saying the New York City Council was “controlled by the homosexual community,” although the committee he led was dissolved. Díaz Sr. has proclaimed himself to be “the opposite of AOC.”

In 2011, Díaz Sr. held a rally against same-sex marriage while his granddaughter held a dueling event in support of it across the street. He voted against legalizing same-sex marriage in 2009 and in 2011, when the measure was successful. He has compared abortion to the Holocaust and said “murderers, assassins and criminals are pro-choice.”

EDIT June 25, 2020: Looks like he came in third and lost by a lot.

 

[Lily Adler]

CBS News - It's the poorest and bluest congressional district in America. An anti-gay, pro-Trump Democrat is leading

DINOs gotta love them.

 

[Teelie]

He should drop the pretense and just admit he is a Republican. But it's an extremely Democratic district so he's trying to play the field.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Diaz is at this point a rabble rousing gasbag, which, like it or not, Blue NYC or not, is something that always draws eyeballs and yes, even support regardless of where in the country you are.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

I would vote for him. Sorry Mc "I like Trump" Grath.

 

[Sithborg]

I saw Upton's response on it. He is clearly not happy with the bill. But, I think he is facing a tough re-election.

 

[Marvolo]

Which amounts to nothing, because it wont get through the Senate. Hell, it might not even get a vote if Mitch has his way.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Par for the course.

But that's it.

Mitch has seen to it that ANYTHING the House does will be held in limbo forever.

But the House Dems can say, rightfully, that the disfunction is not on their hands.


That said... Pelosi absolutely should be bringing up impeachment for Barr. The principals are the same with the Trump impeachment. Plus... I think the case against Barr is a slam dunk in terms of public reaction. And use the full power. Tie Barr and Trump up in court if necessary.


Same with the issues with voter access. If not soon then before the election the Dems absolutely need to address the out in the open voter suppression going on.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Iceman]

Where does AOC fit on the political spectrum, relative to Sanders and Warren for eg? (asking as a non-US guy)

 

[Lily Adler]

Where does AOC fit on the political spectrum, relative to Sanders and Warren for eg? (asking as a non-US guy)

She's more Left than them I believe. She is a little Left of Bernie.

 

[Iceman]

She's more Left than them I believe. She is a little Left of Bernie.

Ok thanks.

 

[Marvolo]

Hopefully it fails in the senate. No state should be the capital of the US. No state legislature should be more powerful than any other state legislature. Making DC a state just muddies the line between state rights and federal rights and state powers and federal powers to a dangerous degree.

Not to ****ing mention we have much more important **** to be doing right now. Like, oh IDK, dealing with the ****ing pandemic which is killing thousands of Americans, unaffordable piss poor health insurance, dangerously high unemployment, and the entire nation's police forces acting like a bunch of thugs.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hopefully it fails in the senate. No state state should be the capital of the US. No state legislature should be more powerful than any other state legislature. Making DC a state just muddies the line between state rights and federal rights and state powers and federal powers to a dangerous degree.

That's certainly a better argument than we would have to redo the flag that I've been hearing.

 

[Sithborg]

Hopefully it fails in the senate. No state should be the capital of the US. No state legislature should be more powerful than any other state legislature. Making DC a state just muddies the line between state rights and federal rights and state powers and federal powers to a dangerous degree.

Not to ****ing mention we have much more important **** to be doing right now. Like, oh IDK, dealing with the ****ing pandemic which is killing thousands of Americans, unaffordable piss poor health insurance, dangerously high unemployment, and the entire nation's police forces acting like a bunch of thugs.

Washington DC has more population than Wyoming. So you are saying Wyoming has more of a right of representation than DC residents. And frankly, statehood would help resolve some of the odd legal curiousities that exist in DC.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

That "taxation without representation" thing is a big reason U.S. became a country in the first place.